Progress in Additive Manufacturing

Progress in Additive Manufacturing is a Springer Nature journal launched in 2016 that publishes research on additive manufacturing processes, materials, design and part qualification, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.2, a five-year figure of 5.9 and a hybrid model that becomes fully open access in January 2027.《增材制造进展》（Progress in Additive Manufacturing）由（Springer Nature）于 2016 年创刊，刊载增材制造工艺、材料、设计与零件合格评定研究，2025 年影响因子 5.2，五年影响因子 5.9，现为混合模式，将于 2027 年 1 月转为完全开放获取。

Scope

• Design tools and data formats for additive manufacturing, including new design methods, file formats and data handling across the build chain.增材制造的设计工具与数据格式，包括新设计方法、文件格式及成形链上的数据处理。
• Material aspects and new developments in ceramics, metals, polymers, composites, biomaterials and multi-materials, from feedstock to final properties.陶瓷、金属、聚合物、复合材料、生物材料与多材料的材料问题与新进展，涵盖从原料到最终性能。
• Multi-material and hybrid processing, including combinations of additive with subtractive or conventional manufacturing routes.多材料与混合工艺，包括增材与减材或常规制造路线的组合。
• Microstructure evolution in printed parts and the resulting mechanical, thermal and functional behaviour.打印零件的组织演化及其带来的力学、热学与功能行为。
• Optimisation of established processes, development of new techniques, parameter studies and speed-up strategies for production.既有工艺的优化、新技术的开发、工艺参数研究与生产效率提升策略。
• Process monitoring, non-destructive testing, new test methods and qualification of additively manufactured parts, including their special features.过程监测、无损检测、新测试方法以及增材制造零件的合格评定与其特有特征。
• Contributions to the circular economy, resource efficiency and environmental assessment are encouraged, and full papers, review articles and short communications are all accepted.鼓励探讨循环经济、资源效率与环境影响的稿件，接受完整论文、综述与短通讯。

History

• The title was founded in 2016 with Martin Schafer of Siemens AG and Cynthia Wirth of Siemens Energy, both in Berlin, as founding editors.本刊 2016 年创刊，创始编辑为（Siemens AG）的（Martin Schafer）与（Siemens Energy）的（Cynthia Wirth），两人均在柏林。
• Volume 1 carried four issues in 2016, the journal moved to six issues with volume 7 in 2022 and to twelve with volume 10 in 2025, and volume 11 had reached issue 9 by September 2026.第 1 卷（2016 年）出 4 期，2022 年第 7 卷起改为 6 期，2025 年第 10 卷起改为 12 期，第 11 卷至 2026 年 9 月已出至第 9 期。
• It has been hybrid since launch, submissions received from 11 August 2026 carry an article processing charge, and the journal turns fully open access on 1 January 2027.本刊自创刊起为混合模式，2026 年 8 月 11 日起收到的投稿需支付文章处理费，并将于 2027 年 1 月 1 日转为完全开放获取。
• The tenth anniversary in 2026 is marked by a six-part series of reflections written by members of the editorial board.2026 年创刊十周年，编委会成员以六篇系列随笔回顾学科与刊物的十年变化。
• The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 5.2 against 5.4 in 2024, the five-year figure is 5.9, the median time to first decision is 14 days and downloads reached one million in 2025.2025 年影响因子为 5.2，2024 年为 5.4，五年影响因子 5.9，初审中位时间 14 天，2025 年下载量达百万次。
• The journal is published under the Springer imprint, appears on Springer Nature Link and is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.本刊以（Springer）品牌出版，在（Springer Nature Link）平台发行，并被（Emerging Sources Citation Index）收录。

Editors

• Eujin Pei of Brunel University of London is editor in chief, a specialist in design for additive manufacturing and 4D printing who has chaired the UK national standards committee for additive manufacturing.主编为（Brunel University of London）的（Eujin Pei），专长增材制造设计与 4D 打印，曾主持英国增材制造国家标准委员会。
• Thirteen editors include Henrique A. Almeida of the Polytechnic of Leiria in Portugal, Ismail Fidan of Middle Tennessee State University, Guillermo Requena of DLR in Cologne and Xiaoyong Tian of Xi'an Jiaotong University.十三位编辑包括葡萄牙莱里亚理工学院的（Henrique A. Almeida）、中田纳西州立大学的（Ismail Fidan）、科隆（DLR）的（Guillermo Requena）与西安交通大学的（Xiaoyong Tian）。
• Twenty-three associate editors cover process monitoring, metal additive manufacturing, polymers and construction printing, among them Ali Kazemian of Louisiana State University and Marco Grasso of Politecnico di Milano.二十三位副编辑覆盖过程监测、金属增材制造、聚合物与建筑打印等方向，其中包括路易斯安那州立大学的（Ali Kazemian）与米兰理工大学的（Marco Grasso）。
• A seven-member advisory board includes Bianca Maria Colosimo of Politecnico di Milano, David Dean of Ohio State University and Anath Fischer of Technion.七人顾问委员会包括米兰理工大学的（Bianca Maria Colosimo）、俄亥俄州立大学的（David Dean）与（Technion）的（Anath Fischer）。
• All submissions go through double-blind peer review, and short communications are handled on a shortened timetable to shorten publication time.所有投稿均经双盲同行评审，短通讯按缩短的流程处理以加快发表。
• Invited collections, such as the annual selection from the International Conference on Advanced Computational Engineering, run alongside regular issues.除常规期次外，还出版受邀合集，例如每年从（International Conference on Advanced Computational Engineering）精选的专题。